How to add audio or video to Google Slides

How to add audio or video to Google Slides

Google Slides is a great way to add style and flare to your everyday workplace presentations. It’s also a great tool for the classroom, that’s easy to adapt for students of all ages. Packed with graphics, animation tools, and other immersive features, Google Sheets even lets you upload your own audio and video to your … Read more

How to create a Subreddit on desktop and mobile

How to create a Subreddit on desktop and mobile

Few social media sites are as popular as Reddit. Regardless of what you’re interested in, there’s probably a thriving community for you to interact with on the platform. Known as subreddits, these communities are home to topics like gaming, world news, science, movies, and more. If you can’t find a subreddit with your particular interest, … Read more

Spotify vs. YouTube Music: so alike, but which is best?

Spotify vs. YouTube Music: so alike, but which is best?

Derek Malcolm / Digital Trends Choosing the right music streaming service can be daunting, as there are so many contenders in the market. Two of the most popular ones are Spotify and YouTube Music, which offer libraries of more than 100 million songs and similar plan options, ranging from ad-supported free tiers to various premium … Read more

Audible Free Trial: Listen to best-sellers free for 30 days

Audible Free Trial: Listen to best-sellers free for 30 days

Unlike regular books, audiobooks can be listened to at any time, such as during your daily commute. Or, if you find yourself with tired eyes and still have the desire to get lost in beautiful prose, Audible is a great service to consider. The books are recited audibly on whatever device you’re using, leaving your … Read more

How to convert VHS to DVD, Blu-ray, and digital

How to convert VHS to DVD, Blu-ray, and digital

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big moments in life with their handheld camcorder, recording the footage onto a trusty VHS tape. Unfortunately, playing those VHS tapes is challenging nowadays, as … Read more

7 beloved Windows apps Microsoft has killed over the years

7 beloved Windows apps Microsoft has killed over the years

Microsoft’s history is littered with the discontinuation of once-beloved applications. Most recently, WordPad, the renowned text editor app, was conspicuously absent from the latest beta build of Windows 11, indicating an end to its 28-year-long journey. I have fond memories of using the app back in my college days when Microsoft Office was too pricey … Read more

Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day

Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day

Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival — X (formerly Twitter) — Bluesky shared a chart showing a sudden boost in usage on the app, which can now be downloaded for free … Read more

How Much Is Spotify Premium, and Can You Get It for Free?

How Much Is Spotify Premium, and Can You Get It for Free?

Spotify gives you access to an incredible amount of music (100 million songs), podcasts (5 million) and audiobooks (nearly half a million)—so it’s no wonder the service has become culturally ubiquitous, with well over 200 million subscribers as of 2024. That’s more than both Apple Music and Amazon Music. If you want to get the … Read more

What is Amazon Music: everything you need to know

What is Amazon Music: everything you need to know

It’s a jungle of music streaming platforms out there, so it stands to reason that Amazon would have one among its massive kingdom of services. And while Amazon Music might not be top of mind among the Spotifys and Apple Musics of the world, you might be surprised by its 100-million-song library, high-resolution and spatial … Read more

How Much Is Apple Music, and How Can You Get It for Free?

How Much Is Apple Music, and How Can You Get It for Free?

If you’re in the market for a music streaming service, you can’t really go wrong with Apple Music. With a catalog of more than 100 million songs, all in high-quality lossless audio at no additional cost, Apple’s been a contender in this space for nearly as long as music streaming has been a thing. Here’s … Read more